Low FPS for no apparent reason (1080ti and i7-6700)

[shumesky]

Hi All,

I just upgraded to a 1440p 144hz monitor from a 60hz, and when I went to crank the frames to 144 I found my games only get 55-70 FPS on highest settings. I think my i7-6700 + 1080ti should be able to handle this. Games like Destiny 2, Hellblade, Shadow of Mordor all get the same 55-70 range (though occasionally peak to 144 for a few seconds).

Drivers are up to date, temperature is fine, settings are all at 1440p, I saw the same 55-70 performance in 3DMark benchmarking and Unigine benchmarking. I'm not an expert but everything looks reasonable in MSI Afterburner.

Full specs:
-Motherboard: stock HP Omen Thimphu motherboard (https://support.hp.com/us-en/product/omen-by-hp-870-000-desktop-pc-series/11084748/document/c04790224) -Processor: i7 6700 -Memory: 16gb DDR4-2133 -Graphics Card: GTX 1080Ti Founders Edition -Storage: 256gb ssd, 1tb hdd -Power Supply: 700w EVGA Bronze 80+

 

[volkgren]

Be sure you did not increase the resolution scaling in the game settings.

 

[norcalsc]

did you read monitor's owner manual? some only work at highest refresh rate with certain inputs. I suggest you read up on it, there may be something in there that you are missing. also check to see if your frames are capped somewhere like in riva tuner for example

 

[R0GG]

Could be a CPU down-clocked or windows operating not in high performance mode ,
You might want to download/post Hwmonitor in idle then while gaming showing CPU/GPU clocks, usage, temps and fan speeds.